Jane Austen Quotes
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Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.
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Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber; it is selfishness and impatience rather than generosity and fortitude, that one hears of. There is so little real friendship in the world! – and unfortunately' (speaking low and tremulously) 'there are so many who forget to think seriously till it is almost too late.
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Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being.
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I go too long without picking up a good book, I feel like I've done nothing useful with my life.
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He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not.
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There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley
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From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry.
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Is there not something wanted, Miss Price, in our language – a something between compliments and – and love – to suit the sort of friendly acquaintance we have had together?
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Mr. Digweed has used us basely. Handsome is as handsome does; he is therefore a very ill-looking man.
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it will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.
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You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them.
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Where the wound had been given, there must the cure be found, if any where.
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Brandon is just the kind of man whom every body speaks well of, and nobody cares about; whom all are delighted to see, and nobody remembers to talk to.
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An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.
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Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.
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Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters.
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An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome.
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There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be. Our foggy climate wants help.
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Well, my comfort is, I am sure Jane will die of a broken heart, and then he will be sorry for what he has done.
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His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything.
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I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.